​The event will take place on December 2nd at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). Each team will pitch their project in front of a panel of judges, and there will also be time for Q&A and demos. The event will close with the BigApps Award Ceremony, during which the winner in each category will be announced.

To learn more about the SONYC project have a look at the video below. Further information, including a list of academic publications, is available on the SONYC website.

Over the past two years I've been working together with a fantastic team of researchers on the SONYC: Sounds of New York City project. Check out our new video!

The objectives of SONYC are to create technological solutions for: (1) the systematic, constant monitoring of noise pollution at city scale; (2) the accurate description of acoustic environments in terms of its composing sources; (3) broadening citizen participation in noise reporting and mitigation; and (4) enabling city agencies to take effective, information-driven action for noise mitigation.

Noise pollution is one of the topmost quality of life issues for urban residents in the United States. It has been estimated that 9 out of 10 adults in New York City (NYC) are exposed to excessive noise levels, i.e. beyond the limit of what the EPA considers to be harmful. When applied to U.S. cities of more than 4 million inhabitants, such estimates extend to over 72 million urban residents.

To learn more about the SONYC project please check out the project website: wp.nyu.edu/sonyc

To read our publications on automatic urban sound classification as well as the development of low-cost, high-quality acoustic sensors, check out the project's publication page: wp.nyu.edu/sonyc/publications